Portable wire fence



(No Model.)

J. F. HANNA.

PORTABLE WIEE EENGE.

No. 343,171. Patented June 8,` 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. HANNA, OF NEAR MOMENOE, ILLINOIS.

`PORTABLE WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,171, dated June 8, 1886.

Application tiled January 12, 1885. Serial No. 152,693. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-1N F. HANNA, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing near Momence, in the county of Kankakee and State otI Illinois, have invented new anduse'ful Improvements in Portable Vire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in portable wire fences for farm use and stockyards, and the objects of my improvement areto construct substantial, durable, and economical portable posts used in conjunction with lengthy wired sections for fence. I attain these objects by the devicesillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view in perspective of parts of two sections of fence attached to portable bracketshaped posts on foundations. Fig. 2 represents my improved portable post staked to the ground on foundation-stones. Fig. 3 represents a wired section for fence on a spool with a crank-shaft.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The bracketshaped post c is stayed by a movable brace, B, as shown in Fig. l, used for a prop to resist the tension ot' the stretched strands of wire. The brace B is constructed of wood, with a stayed arm bolted near the center to receive and direct the pressure from the upper part of the post downward on the brace B, the lower end of which is staked to the ground on a foundation. The improved movable post c is staked or pinned to the ground, resting on foundation-stones S, as shown in Fig. 2. The upright c, with abrace secured near its center by rivets or bolts, can be constructed from almost any kind of wood. An oblong metal band, H, in form of alink,is bent around the base ot' the upright post and brace, and fastened thereto with rivets N, and the rounded parts of the band project to form sockets S for two small stakes or pins, R, supplied with metal rings for heads. (Shrunk on.) Said pins are driven through the sockets S into the ground, the rings of the pins R serving to clamp the metal band H, the upright c", and brace on their foundations substantially, thereby firmly staying the post c and holding securely the foundation-stones in their proper resented in Fig. 3 can be unrolledon the line of the fenceand stretched from a braced post, c, as shown in Fig. l, then the intermediate posts set up on their foundations, keyed to the section-wires A, pinned to the ground,and the last post braced` in the same manner as at the first to retain the tension of the stretched wires. The sections are connected together by two bolts and nuts, o o, passing through the end pieces, 1). i

I do not claim as newl in my improvements the wire-section with slats J and wooden end pieces, I), connected by bolt-nuts o o, and I am aware that two staples driven into stationary fence-posts for a wire fastening with a nailkey passing through the staples have before been used. I therefore do not claim such devices, broadly; but I am not aware that fenceposts have ever been constructed before my invention with a metal band in form of a link forming' sockets for ring-headed wooden pins or stakes; therefore What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The portable movable fence-post consisting ofthe upright cl and brace, in combination with the oblong metal band in form of a link securely fastened to the base of said post and brace, and having its ends projecting beyond the same to form rounded sockets S, and the ringed stakes R, driven through said sockets into the ground, serving to clamp the metal band H and braced post on its foundations substantially and firmly to the ground as represented and described.

JOHN F. `HANNA. 

